EP1533056B1

EP1533056B1 - Cutting tool head for a metal working tool

Info

Publication number: EP1533056B1
Application number: EP04445118A
Authority: EP
Inventors: Per Hansson; Erik Berminge
Original assignee: Sandvik Intellectual Property AB
Current assignee: Sandvik Intellectual Property AB
Priority date: 2003-11-19
Filing date: 2004-11-17
Publication date: 2008-02-27
Anticipated expiration: 2024-11-17
Also published as: KR101202224B1; US7264424B2; SE0303077L; EP1533056A1; CN1623725A; DE602004012045D1; KR20050048535A; ATE387277T1; CN100478126C; DE602004012045T2; SE526536C2; US20050180824A1; SE0303077D0

Abstract

The present invention is related to a tool head for chip removing metal machining tools having a cutting insert (3), comprising a basic holder (1) and an insert holder (4) connected therewith, which in the front portion thereof is formed with an insert pocket (7), which is formed between a lower support part (6) and an upper clamping portion (5). The upper clamping portion (5) is actuatable by means of a press arrangement into clamping surface engagement with the cutting insert (3), which is insertable into the insert pocket, the tool being formed with a slot (20) spaced-apart from the insert pocket. The press arrangement comprises a clamping screw (19), which is received in a bore (15) in the basic holder, and a nut roll (11a) adapted to receive the clamping screw, the nut roll being received in a recess (10a) in the basic holder. The recess (10a) is oriented perpendicularly to the longitudinal direction of the cutting insert and the insert pocket. Upon co-operation with the clamping screw (19) during tightening of the clamping screw, the nut roll (11a) is adapted to be imparted movement substantially in the axial direction of the clamping screw radially outwards, such that the nut roll is displaced into said slot (20) and thereby accomplishes such a deflection of the upper portion of the holder that a clamping of the cutting insert (3) is accomplished by this deflection. <IMAGE>

Description

The present invention is related to a tool head of the kind intended for chip removing machining of metal.
The tool head comprises a basic holder and an insert holder connected therewith. More specifically, the tool is intended for the type of machining referred to as parting and grooving.

Background of the invention and prior art

Within the field of chip removing machining there are couplings of various kinds in order to achieve a torque resistant connection between different holders and adapters, though most common in turning tools of various kinds. For instance, Swedish patent application 7813038-2 discloses a tool for parting and grooving, wherein co-operating serrations with clamping screws as clamping means are used. The number of screws for clamping the adapter to the holder is three in this case, which means that the activity of first disengaging three comparatively long screws and subsequently tightening them again after an insert change has taken place results in a rather time consuming change of inserts. Further, Swedish patent application 9004032-0 discloses a cutting tool, comprising a cutting insert clamped in an insert pocket in a holder blade, wherein the cutting insert is clamped by a press means engaging in a slot, oriented at inclined angle towards the insert pocket, such that an upper clamping arm portion of the holder blade is subjected to elastic deflection and a force resulting therefrom towards the upper surface of the insert. Due to the fact that the press means is constituted by a relatively long pin, this system becomes relatively space consuming in a narrow holder blade for a parting tool. In DE 10149426 , a tool holder providing the basis for the preamble of claim 1 is shown.

Summary of the invention

The object of the present invention is to provide a tool head for chip removing metal machining tools, which, in relation to previously known tools of the kind in question, has improved characteristics regarding clamping of the cutting insert and enables a more simple insert change.
According to the invention, this object is attained by a tool head having the features of claim 1.
Preferred embodiments of the invention are further defined in the subsequent dependent claims.

Brief description of the drawings

Below follows a detailed description of embodiments of the present invention cited as examples, reference being made to the appended drawings, in which

Fig. 1: is a perspective exploded view showing a tool according to a preferred embodiment of the invention, comprising a holder and an adapter in form of a cutting tool head, the holder as well as the adapter being schematically illustrated, and
Fig. 2: is a side view of a basic holder and an insert holder integrally formed therewith according to another embodiment of the invention.

Detailed description of preferred embodiments of the invention

Fig. 1 illustrates a tool head for chip removing metal machining tools according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention. The tool head comprises a basic holder 1 having a central bore 9a for engagement with a tool machine. The basic holder 1 has an insert holder 4 connected therewith, which is formed in the shape of a forwardly and laterally projecting portion. The basic holder is intended to be connected, preferably, via an engagement part adapted to this purpose, to a tool machine, for instance a multipurpose lathe. The front portion of the insert holder 4, i. e. the front portion of said forwardly and laterally projecting portion, is constituted by a blade-shaped portion, in which is provided an insert pocket 7 in form of a clamping slot for receiving a cutting insert 3 for chip removing machining. The insert pocket 7 is formed between a lower support part 6, supporting the insert 3, and an upper clamping portion 5, formed integrally in one piece with the lower support part 6, the upper clamping portion having a smaller width than the rest of the basic holder 1. The cutting insert 3 is intended to abut, with the rear end surface 3a thereof, against a shoulder 8, which limits the inward axial displacement of the cutting insert. The shoulder 8 is formed projecting on the lower support part 6 of the projecting side portion 4. Due to this, the clamping slot 7 transforms rearwardly into a slot extension 9, extending in the longitudinal direction of the holder 1, said slot extension 9 having considerably lower slot height than the front clamping slot 7. The end portion of the slot extension 9 is designated 9a. Distinguishing is also that the lower surface 3b of the cutting insert, preferably, is oriented in a direction perpendicular to the rear part 3a of the cutting insert and that said lower surface 3b at the same time is parallel with the intended feed direction. The rear part of the upper surface of the cutting insert and the lower surface 3b of the cutting insert have, preferably, been formed with concave V-shaped wedge-type grooves in the manner shown and described in the Swedish patent application 9703434-2 .
The basic holder is provided with a plurality of spaced- apart recesses 10a, 10b, 10c, 10d, which extend in a transverse direction in parallel with the central axis CL of the basic holder. It is intended to have three clamping screws 11b, 11c, 11d received in the bores 10b, 10c, 10d to be threadedly engaged in corresponding bores in a suitable engagement part, via which the basic holder is secured in an appurtenant machine (not shown).
In the recess 10a, which is oriented perpendicularly to the longitudinal direction of the insert 3 and the insert pocket 7, a nut roll 11a is slidably fittingly received, the axial length of the nut roll substantially corresponding to the thickness of the basic holder 1 and the insert holder 4 integrally formed therewith. Adjacent to the recess 10a, which is situated at a small distance obliquely above the clamping portion 5, there is a cylindrical bore 15, oriented perpendicularly to the recess 10a. The bore 15 extends radially inwards to a position, at a distance from the hole 9a, such that a hinge 17 is formed therebetween. This bore 15 is intended to receive a clamping screw 19, the lower threaded portion of which being intended to be threadedly engaged in a threaded portion 21 of the nut roll 11a. As best appears from Fig. 1, the tool head 1 also has a laterally extending slot 20 in connection with the recess 10a, the slot 20 being separate from the insert pocket 7. The slot 20 extends laterally all the way through the head, whilst extending centrally through the bore 15. From Fig. 1 also appears that the insert receiving clamping slot 7 extends laterally through the basic holder 1 as well as the insert holder 4.
Upon threadedly engaging the clamping screw 19, which is received in the bore 15 of the basic holder 1, in the nut roll 11a and tightening of the clamping screw 19, the nut roll 11a is adapted to be imparted movement in the axial direction of the clamping screw radially outwards, such that the nut roll is displaced into the slot 20. Hereby, such a deflection of the upper portion of the insert holder is accomplished that the upper clamping portion 5 comes to clamping engagement with the upper surface of the cutting insert 3 and, accordingly, the cutting insert 3 is clamped in the insert pocket 7. An advantage with this solution is that it is possible to maintain the lever for the force, resulting from tightening of the clamping screw, comparatively long, although the space for this is limited, which is the case in tools for parting and grooving of the kind mentioned. Due to the fact that the nut roll 11 a moves in the axial direction of the clamping screw 19 outwardly towards the head 18, also the bending of the clamping screw, upon deflection of the clamping portion 5, becomes comparatively small, which results in a decreased risk of damages of the clamping screw related to bending.
According to the embodiment of the invention illustrated in Fig. 1, the nut roll 11a is formed substantially cylindrical, at the same time as the recess 10a adapted to receive the nut roll is formed eccentric, i. e. formed with a shape differing from the circular shape, for instance an oval shape. The eccentric design is in Fig. 1 illustrated by the eccentric portion 24, which has a curved shape differing from the circular shape. This enables the inventional movement of the nut roll in the axial direction of the clamping screw radially outwards, i. e. in a direction towards the head 18 of the clamping screw, into the slot 20 upon tightening of the clamping screw. However, this is by no means the only way of realizing the basic inventive idea.
According to another embodiment of the invention, the recess 10a is formed such that the internal periphery thereof has a tapering shape in a direction towards the slot 20, for instance a conventional wedge shape, which enables the nut roll 11a to be displaced into the slot 20 upon tightening of the clamping screw 19.
According to yet another embodiment, the recess 10a is formed cylindrical. In that case, the nut roll 11a is, preferably, formed externally with a wedge shape. This embodiment enables, in conformity with the embodiment of the invention illustrated in Fig. 1, displacement of the nut roll 11a into the slot 20 upon tightening of the clamping screw, such that the upper clamping portion of the insert holder 4 is deflected and clamps the cutting insert 3 in the insert pocket.
Fig. 2 illustrates a further embodiment of the invention, in which the recess 10a adapted to receive the nut roll is formed eccentric at the same time as the nut roll 11a is formed externally with a wedge shape. It is also conceivable to form the nut roll 11 a externally with another shape tapering towards the slot, for instance a convexly curved surface. This combination of design of the recess 10a and the nut roll 11a, respectively, enables, in an advantageous way, the inventional movement of the nut roll in the axial direction of the clamping screw radially outwards. According to the embodiment of the invention illustrated in Fig. 2, the clamping screw 19 is further adapted to co-operate with a fitting element 22 suited for this purpose, the upper surface of which having a plane contour and the lower surface thereof having a convexly curved contour. The fitting element 22 has a cylindrical through hole for receiving the clamping screw, the through hole having a diameter smaller than the diameter of the head 18 of the clamping screw 19. Furthermore, the clamping screw is rotatable inserted through the through hole of the fitting element. The bore 15 of the basic holder ends with a recess 23, which has a contour substantially corresponding to the contour of the lower surface of the fitting element 22. Thus, the fitting element 22 is adapted to abut against the recess 23, while the clamping screw is freely rotatable for tightening, when inserted through the through hole of the fitting element, the fitting element not rotating during said tightening.
According to the embodiment of the invention shown in Fig. 1, the clamping screw 19 is provided with a conical head 18, at the same time as the upper part of the bore 15 ends with an outwardly open conical recess 16. Hereby, the clamping screw 19 will be displaced, upon tightening, with the conical head 18 thereof into the slot 20, which contributes to the deflection of the upper portion of the insert holder 4 and, accordingly, contributes to the clamping of the cutting insert 3 in the insert pocket 7.
Upon insertion of a new cutting insert 3, the clamping of the cutting insert is accomplished by tightening the clamping screw 19, the movement of the nut roll 11a in the axial direction of the clamping screw towards the screw head 18 widening the slot 20 and deflecting the upper clamping portion 5 of the insert holder 4 into locking co-operation with the upper surface of the cutting insert 3. When exchanging cutting inserts, only this clamping screw 19 has to be unscrewed a little, whereby the nut roll 11a moves in the axial direction of the clamping screw 19 in a direction away from the head 18 and the width of the slot regains the smaller slot width, defined by the relaxed position, such that the cutting insert 3 can be exchanged, without having to disengage the screw 19 totally.
The screw receiving recess 15 should have a longitudinal extension in a direction, which forms an angle of 25-105° in relation to the longitudinal direction of the insert pocket. Preferably, this angle amounts to ca 35-90° in order to obtain an optimal momentum lever in relation to the hinge 17. At the same time, the basic holder 1 should, preferably, have a width, which is several times the width of the insert receiving portion 4, which constitutes the cutting insert carrying holder portion. According to the embodiments of the invention shown in figs. 1-2, the longitudinal extension of the cutting insert 3 should at the same time be larger than the longitudinal extension of the lower support surface 4a in the insert holder 4, which is apparent from figs. 1-2, such that the cutting insert 3 obtains a lateral support from the basic holder.
The invention is of course not in any way limited to the embodiments described above, but many possibilities of modifications thereof will be obvious to a person with ordinary skill in the art, without departing from the invention, such as this is defined in the appended claims.
Although the embodiments described above and shown in figs. 1-2 relate to a tool head primarily intended for the type of turning operations referred to as parting and grooving, many other types of tool heads are conceivable. As a non-limiting example may be mentioned a tool head in the form of a disc-shaped milling cutter for slitting operations, having a plurality of circumferentially spaced-apart cutting inserts, each being clamped in a respective insert pocket in the manner described above.

Claims

Tool head for chip removing metal machining tools having a cutting insert (3), comprising a basic holder (1) and an insert holder (4) connected therewith, which in the front portion thereof is formed with an insert pocket (7), which is formed between a lower support part (6) and an upper clamping portion (5), where the upper clamping portion (5) is actuatable by means of a press arrangement into clamping surface engagement with the cutting insert (3), which is insertable into the insert pocket, the tool being formed with a slot (20) spaced-apart from the insert pocket, the press arrangement comprising a clamping screw (19), which is received in a bore (15) in the basic holder, and a nut roll (11a) adapted to receive the clamping screw, the nut roll being received in a recess (10a) in the basic holder, the recess (10a) being oriented perpendicularly to the longitudinal direction of the cutting insert and the insert pocket, characterized in that the nut roll (11a), upon co-operation with the clamping screw (19) during tightening of the clamping screw, is adapted to be imparted movement substantially in the axial direction of the clamping screw radially outwards, such that the nut roll is displaced into said slot (20) and thereby accomplishes such a deflection of the upper portion of the holder that a clamping of the cutting insert (3) is accomplished by this deflection.
Tool head according to claim 1, characterized in that said recess (10a) is formed eccentric.
Tool head according to claim 1, characterized in that the internal periphery of said recess (10a) has a tapering shape in a direction towards the slot (20).
Tool head according to claim 1, characterized in that said recess (10a) is formed cylindrical.
Tool head according to claim 1, 2 or 3, characterized in that the nut roll (11a) is formed substantially cylindrical.
Tool head according to claim 1, 2, 3 or 4, characterized in that the nut roll (11a) is formed with a wedge shape externally.
Tool head according to any of the preceding claims, characterized in that the clamping screw (19) has a conical head (18) and is adapted to, upon co-operation with the nut roll (11 a) during tightening of the clamping screw, be imparted movement in the axial direction thereof, such that it is displaced, with its conical head, into said slot (20) and thereby contributes to the deflection of the upper portion of the holder that accomplishes the clamping of the cutting insert.
Tool head according to any of the preceding claims, characterized in that the basic holder (1) has greater width than the insert holder (4), and that the two are formed integrally in one piece.
Tool head according to any of the preceding claims, characterized in that the bore (15), which receives the clamping screw (19), has a longitudinal extension at an angle of 35-90° in relation to the longitudinal extension of the insert pocket (7).
Tool head according to any of the preceding claims, characterized in that the clamping slot (7), which receives the cutting insert (3), in a rearward direction transforms into a slot extension (9) having a smaller slot height than the front slot (7).
Tool head according to any of the preceding claims, characterized in that the rear end surface (3a) of the cutting insert is adapted to axially abut against a support surface (8) formed in the insert holder (4), which support surface preferably extends substantially perpendicularly to the lower surface (3b) of the cutting insert.
Tool head according to any of the preceding claims, characterized in that the longitudinal extension of the cutting insert (3) is longer than the longitudinal extension of the lower support surface (4a) in the insert holder (4), whereby the cutting insert can be imparted a lateral support from one side surface of the basic holder.